Table 4.

Association between nursing caries awareness and previously heard about nursing caries

Questions	Answers	Heard about nursing caries (%)	Did not heard about nursing caries (%)	p value
What do you think is the most common cause of early childhood caries?	High sugar intake	65.0	31.0	0.001
	Improper oral hygiene	23.7	27.6
	Congenital factors	7.3	20.7
	Decrease salivary flow	1.8	10.3
	Abnormal eruption of the primary teeth	1.5	10.3
	All the above	0.7	0.0
From your point of view can early childhood caries affect perma-nent teeth in the future?	Yes	52.6	31.0	0.003
	Maybe	25.5	20.7
	I don't know	11.7	10.3
	No	10.2	37.9
Do you think that bottle-feeding children (milk or sugary liquid) during bedtime can increase the incidence of caries development?	Yes	73.0	34.5	<0.001
	Maybe	15.0	13.8
	I don't know	4.7	3.4
	No	7.3	48.3
Do you think oral hygiene follow-up is important in preschoolchildren or infants?	Yes	88.7	41.4	<0.001
	Maybe	8.0	17.2
	I don't know	1.1	6.9
	No	2.2	34.5
When do you think is the proper time to follow up with your chil-dren's oral hygiene?	<1 year	35.0	13.8	<0.001
	1–2 years	27.4	13.8
	2–3 years	15.0	13.8
	3–4 years	12.0	24.1
	4–5 years	7.3	6.9
	5–6 years	1.8	6.9
	>6 years	1.5	20.7
When do you think is the proper time for your child to visit a den-tist?	<1 year	3.4	6.9	0.012
	1–2 years	10.3	19.0
	2–3 years	17.2	22.6
	3–4 years	27.6	8.0
	4–5 years	6.9	9.5
	5–6 years	6.9	6.2
	>6 years	6.9	21.2
	When needed	20.7	6.6